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Baking Soda: For Cooking, Cleaning, And Kidney Health?
July 16, 2009 — A daily dose of sodium bicarbonate -- baking soda, already used for baking, cleaning, acid indigestion, sunburn and more -- slows the decline of kidney function in some patients with advanced chronic ... > full story -
Clocking Salt Levels In The Blood: Link Between The Circadian Rhythm And Salt Balance
July 1, 2009 — New research suggests a link between the circadian rhythm and control of sodium (salt) levels in the blood of mice. Specifically, the circadian clock protein Period 1 was found to function downstream ... > full story -
Salt Finding From NASA's Cassini Hints At Ocean Within Saturn Moon
June 24, 2009 — For the first time, scientists working on NASA's Cassini mission have detected sodium salts in ice grains of Saturn's outermost ring. Detecting salty ice indicates that Saturn's moon Enceladus, which ... > full story -
Jets On Saturn's Moon Enceladus Not Geysers From Underground Ocean, One Group Of Researchers Say
June 24, 2009 — Water vapor jets that spew from the surface of Saturn's icy moon Enceladus are not really geysers from an underground ocean as initially envisioned by planetary scientists, according to a new ... > full story -
Artificial Sweeteners May Contaminate Water Downstream Of Sewage Treatment Plants And Even Drinking Water
June 17, 2009 — Sewage treatment plants fail to remove artificial sweeteners completely from waste water. What's more, these pollutants contaminate waters downstream and may still be present in our drinking water. ... > full story -
NASA Scientists Find Evidence For Liquid Water On A Frozen Early Mars
June 2, 2009 — Scientists have modeled freezing conditions on Mars to test whether liquid water could have been present to form the surface features of the Martian landscape. They report that fluids loaded with ... > full story -
Waxy Plant Substance Key For Absorption Of Water, Nutrients
May 22, 2009 — While proving a long-held theory that suberin blocks water and nutrient absorption in plants, a scientist learned more about manipulating the substance to better feed ... > full story -
Sodium Bicarbonate Reduces Incidence Of Contrast-Induced Nephropathy
May 12, 2009 — A meta-analysis of 17 randomized controlled trials has shown that pre-procedural treatment with sodium bicarbonate based hydration is the optimal treatment strategy to prevent contrast-induced ... > full story -
System That Regulates Blood Pressure Is Amiss In Some Healthy, Young African-Americans
May 8, 2009 — When stress increases blood pressure, a natural mechanism designed to bring it down by excreting more salt in the urine doesn't work well in about one-third of healthy, African-American adolescents, ... > full story -
New Light Shed On Enigma Of Salt Intake And Hypertension
May 4, 2009 — High salt intake is generally linked to cardiovascular disease risk. But salt-sensitive hypertension still remains an enigma. Now, investigators have shed new light on the relationship between salt ... > full story
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